Reply to "Buying a Pantera- more advice please"

Besides what Mark mentioned, you might be able to fix 'normal' rust issues, but Pantera body panels are not common, are expensive to purchase, and replacements don't often fit well without major rework since everything is welded together. The only comparable cars might be a Porsche or an XKE Jag. Then, once the body/chassis is driveable, you get to start in with the engine, chassis and maybe the interior. Virtually no one is good at reworking all those areas. And as has been mentioned, a complete rebuild of a bad ZF will run $11,000 or maybe more. Once again, ZF parts are not common and are expensive. And some neglected Panteras have serious electrical issues in their mostly-Lucas wiring. Any Brit-car experience?
Bottom line: find a car with upgrades already done and little wrong with it, so you don't spend all your time working on the thing while others are out driving... Average attention span on projects like this is around 9 months; if the thing is not driveable by then, it likely will eventually be sold to some other I-can-fix-it-easy guy.